“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.”

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7 comments about ““I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.” — Blessed Teresa of Calcutta”

JMS -- February 18th, 2010 at 4:13 pm

It seems your CAPTCHA today is not working. I keep getting the samecode and cannot submit.

Barbara Clickner -- February 18th, 2010 at 8:01 pm

Same here…the CAPTCHA is not working

Samantha -- February 18th, 2010 at 9:39 pm

it didn’t work for me either, but if you refresh the entire page it should keep your info there and give you a new CAPTCHA code.

Phil Fox Rose -- February 18th, 2010 at 10:39 pm

Sorry to the folks who’ve had trouble with CAPTCHA. It’s a tricky thing. If it’s too easy, then automated spamming tools can slip past it. If it’s too hard, then it frustrates people. Ours is honestly on the easy side. If you haven’t already tried this, close the window, open a totally new window and bring the page up again.

C Gunty -- February 19th, 2010 at 8:23 am

This is one of my favorite quotes from Mother Teresa (although I have seen it in a few different forms, e.g. “God trusts us so much he will never give me more than I can handle. I just wish God wouldn’t trust me so much.”) But it is a great way of telling us — from the most humble/saintly, to the most ordinary, that “God has our back.”

Adam -- February 19th, 2010 at 1:15 pm

Realizing that I complain a lot – a Lenten reflection.

Eadie -- February 22nd, 2010 at 1:36 pm

Do you post the answers? I see winners but never see the answers.

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